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The Year the Ports Stole Christmas? Hopefully Not.

Logistics Viewpoints

The photos of the cargo ships at anchor waiting for berth at the ports of LA and Long Beach certainly generate an emotional response, “what in those containers will affect my work or personal consumption plans?” Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. The LA and Long Beach Container Vessels.

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Supply Chain Disruption

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Dockworkers have throttled cargo operations from Southern California to Seattle in a series of walkouts and slowdowns, the WSJ Logistics Report’s Paul Berger writes, in a blunt sign of deep divisions between the union and port employers after more than a year of contract negotiations. West Coast ports.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

By the numbers, the top challenges supply chain leaders are currently experiencing include fuel costs (59 percent), inflation (46 percent), delays outside of their control (41 percent), unpredictability (38 percent), driver shortages (32 percent), and losing business due to the economy (30 percent).

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U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Enacting Multi-Day Job Actions

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights the occurrence of multi-day disruptions occurring among key U.S. Reportedly, one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles cancelled cargo movement operations on Monday of this week while two terminals at the Post of Long Beach closed. Further, as we indicated in a prior commentary, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold. days for general cargo vessels.

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Omnichannel Logistics Solutions Takes the Supply Chain To The Next Level

GlobalTranz

Many of these advancements were expected to bring substantial investment into supply chains, and they did just that. But, you need to understand where the investments focused, how they relate to improving supply chains and why they are essential to omnichannel logistics solutions. How Machines “Talk” Expanded.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

As a result, Walmart has been redesigning its technology to support this new supply chain model. The Seattle-based company said on its website that the added fees, which take effect April 28, are “subject to change” and will apply to both apparel and non-apparel items. That’s all for this week.